When we think of McDonnell Douglas, we often picture robust airliners almost entirely lost to time today. But many of these historic aircraft come from before the Jet Age, when McDonnell Douglas was ...

Acquired by NASA in 1985, the DC-8 was used on 158 science campaigns. Credit: Matt Hartman NASA’s long-serving McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 research aircraft flew for the final time on May 15 when it was ...

A low-flying jet with decades of history was seen flying over the South Bay Wednesday on its final flight before retirement. A specialized DC-8 used by NASA wrapped up 37 years of service with the ...

American aerospace agency NASA is preparing to retire its unique flying laboratory after 37 years of service. The aircraft, which NASA describes as the “largest flying science laboratory in the world” ...

POCATELLO — A piece of NASA history parted ways with the sky this week and will instead remain forever parked in Pocatello. The world’s first and largest flying science laboratory, the historic NASA ...

An array of instruments on the DC-8 help it determine specifics about air quality characteristics. Credit: Chen Chuanren/AW&ST Nearly 55 years since its first flight, NASA’s McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition - McDonnell Douglas DC-8 Series 10 - 40 The McDonnell Douglas DC-8 Series 10 - 40 was one of the first ...

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Commercial Aviation Postcards [Williamson], NASM.2025.0042, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Scope and Contents "Eastern's Super DC-8." Postcard; right side view of Eastern Air ...